Blake Mathys, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Portfolio

BlakeMathys@hotmail.com

Education

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution	Rutgers University	January 2010
B.S. Biology; Minor: Field Biology	Ohio Northern University	May 2002

Ph.D. Dissertation: Morphological evolution of birds recently introduced to islands: patterns of diversification
Advisor: Dr. Julie L. Lockwood

Employment

2012	Adjunct Professor: Ecology (spring)	Ohio Dominican University
2011-2012	Adjunct Professor: Biological Sciences II (fall) and Introductory Biology (winter)	Columbus State Community College
2011-2012	Adjunct Professor: Science & Society (4 sections)	Franklin University
2011	Co-Instructor: Animal Behavior & Conservation; Field course at La Suerte Biological Field Station, Costa Rica	Hunter College
2009-2011	Visiting Assistant Professor: Cells & Molecules and Biodiversity & Evolution lecture and laboratory	The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
2010-2011	Part-time Lecturer: Ornithology (summer and spring), Wildlife Ecology & Conservation (fall)	Rutgers University
2010	Adjunct Professor: Introduction to Natural Resources (fall)	Rowan University
2005, 2007-2009	Teaching Assistant: Vertebrate Zoology laboratory	Rutgers University
2008	Teaching Assistant: Invertebrate Zoology laboratory	Rutgers University
2008	Co-instructor: The Ecology of the Jersey Shore; Byrne First-Year Seminar	Rutgers University
2007	Teaching Assistant: Ichthyology laboratory	Rutgers University
2004, 2006, 2009	Teaching Assistant: General Biology laboratory	Rutgers University
2003, 2004	Field Technician: Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Fire Study, FL	University of California, Santa Cruz
2004	Intern: Northern Elephant Seal monitoring, Southeast Farallon Island, CA	PRBO Conservation Science
2003	Hawk Counter: Chelan Ridge Raptor Migration Project, WA	HawkWatch International
2002	Teaching Assistant: General Biology laboratory	Missouri State University
2001	Intern: Fish sampling	Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water

Peer-reviewed Publications

2009 Mathys, B.A. & Lockwood, J.L. Rapid evolution of great kiskadees on Bermuda: an assessment of the ability of the Island Rule to predict the direction of contemporary evolution in exotic vertebrates. Journal of Biogeography. 36(12):2204-2211.
2011
Mathys, B.A. First record of Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) for the West Indies. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 123(1):179-180.
2011

Mathys, B.A. & Lockwood, J.L. Contemporary morphological diversification of passerine birds introduced to the Hawaiian archipelago. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278(1716):2392-2400.
In prep
Mathys, B.A. & Lockwood, J.L. Contemporary evolution of exotic bird morphology in response to insularization: does the Island Rule hold for exotic passerines?

Professional Presentations

2006	4th North American Ornithological Conference Veracruz, Mexico	Poster: Contemporary Evolutionary Change of the Introduced Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Population in Bermuda
2008	International Biogeography Society 4th Biennial meeting in Mérida, Mexico	Poster: Rapid Morphological Evolution of Exotic Passerine Birds on Islands

Funding

Co-wrote proposal to National Geographic Society - $14,000 grant (#8261-07) awarded for "Do non-native species show macro-evolutionary patterns? Non-native passerines and the Island Rule"

Updated 6 January 2012